Trachypepla roseata

Trachypepla roseata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.

Trachypepla roseata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Trachypepla
Species:
T. roseata
Binomial name
Trachypepla roseata
Philpott, 1923

Taxonomy

It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1923 using a specimen he collected at the Dun Mountain in Nelson in January.[1] George Hudson had previously discovered the species in Takaka.[1] Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 publication The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.[2] The holotype is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[3]

Description

Philpott described the species as follows:

♂ 13 mm. Head white mixed with brown. Palpi whitish, second segment outwardly mixed with brownish-black, terminal segment with a subapical ring and some scattered scales brownish-black. Antennae brown, ciliations 1. Thorax brown mixed with white. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Legs ochreous, tarsi banded with fuscous. Forewings moderate, apex rounded, termen oblique; greyish-brown sprinkled with dark fuscous; a small black blotch on costa at base followed by a whitish area slightly tinged with ochreous; two tufts of rosy-pink scales at about ​1⁄4, the second obliquely above the first; a broad whitish band, enclosing some fuscous colouring, from costa at ​2⁄5 to dorsum at ​1⁄3, strongly excurved; second line thin, sharply angulated outwards beneath costa, white, anteriorly margined with black on lower ​2⁄3: cilia fuscous mixed with white. Hindwings greyish-fuscous: cilia greyish-fuscous, tips whitish.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5] This species has been collected at its type locality of the Dun Mountain at a height of approximately 600 m above sea-level, at Takaka and at Wairoa Gorge, all in the Nelson and Tasman areas.[1][6]

Biology and behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing in January.[2]

Habitat

This species frequents forest habitat.[2]

Conservation Status

This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[7]

References
  1. Philpott, Alfred (1923). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 148–154 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 285. OCLC 25449322.
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 59. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. "Trachypepla roseata Philpott, 1923". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  5. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 462. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  6. "NZTCS Lepidoptera Spreadsheet". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 20: 5.


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